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Marketing

Write once, distribute forever. Each channel has different life spans

- Karthik Sridharan
Marketing

Google & Meta expenses is the tax that your startup pays to them for being poor at organic marketing.

- Karthik Sridharan
Marketing

Great marketing involves "selling" while "helping".

- Karthik Sridharan
Marketing

Mediocre product with great distribution BEATS great product with mediocre distribution. Customer feedback will make the medicore product great.

- Karthik Sridharan
Marketing Sales

A startup builds momentum through sales, achieves scale through marketing, and cements its position through branding.

- Karthik Sridharan
Marketing

When you have already built a product, it is TOUGH to find the right audience. When you have already built an audience, it is EASY to figure out the right product.

- Karthik Sridharan
Mindset

Startups rarely die because their ideas are "stolen" by competitors. They usually die because they are "abandoned" by their founders.

- Karthik Sridharan
Mindset

You need a mix of bravery, shamelessness, and self-belief to build a startup. Be shameless, your startup will evolve.

- Karthik Sridharan

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Once again you prove to be the best Karthik bro in terms of insights. "Concentrate on what you want to achieve or solve through your idea and not the tech" - Biggest lesson I have learnt by following you on Twitter.
Vigneshwaran
Founder
Before you startup, go read all the tweets of Karthik. You might not want to believe a few, but in the end you'll realize that he is right! He busts all the myths 😛. Good job @KarthikS2206!
Geetha Prabhu
Founder, Workflexi
Well, learning from the best is such a charm! was scouting some great resources for a few insightful research, i guess now i know which course to tinker with. kudos karthik!
Vivan
Founder
This is the advice you gave me 1.5 years ago and helped me so much 🔥
Dagobert Renouf
Founder
Great thread Karthik! Bookmarking this for future reference when I'm looking to start something else or to expand! Appreciate your knowledge bombs!
Royce Lee
Founder
You are the best Karthik. Your advice is so simple and with full clarity. Following your advice right now and I am sure i will find the answers 😁
Murali Narasimhan
Founder